bund

¹ American  

[buhnd] / bʌnd /

noun

1. an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.

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Bund ² American  

[boond, buhnd, boont] / bʊnd, bʌnd, bʊnt /

noun

plural

Bunds,

plural

Bünde

1. a short form of “German-American Volksbund,” a pro-Nazi organization in the U.S. during the 1930s and 1940s.

2. (often lowercase) an alliance or league, especially a political society.

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Bund ¹ British  

/ bʊnd, bʊnt /

noun

1. (sometimes not capital) a federation or league

2. short for German American Bund , an organization of US Nazis and Nazi sympathizers in the 1930s and 1940s

3. an organization of socialist Jewish workers in Russia founded in 1897

4. the confederation of N German states, which existed from 1867–71

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bund ² British  

/ bʌnd /

noun

1. an embankment; dyke

2. an embanked road or quay

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Other Word Forms

• Bundist noun

Etymology

Origin of bund¹

1805–15; < Hindi band < Persian: dam, levee; akin to bind, bond ¹

Origin of Bund²

< German: association, league

Example Sentences

Treasury yield rose 4.8 basis points to 4.375%; the 10-year German Bund yield increased 6.8 basis points to 3.022%; and the 10-year U.K. gilt yield rose 8.5 basis points to 4.915%, according to Tradeweb.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yields on bonds of more indebted eurozone countries, such as Italy, France and Belgium, also rose by more than those of German Bund yields on Thursday, causing spreads to widen.

From The Wall Street Journal

The strategists also forecast the 10-year German Bund yield ending 2026 at 2.80% and 2027 at 2.70% under their baseline ECB rate-path scenario.

From The Wall Street Journal

The 10-year Bund yield closed at 3.038% on Friday, according to LSEG.

From The Wall Street Journal

The 10-year Bund yield rose further above 3%, hitting 3.073% in early trade, while both Italian-German and French-German yield spreads hitting multi-month highs.

From The Wall Street Journal